"To rule is not so much a question……" — Jose Ortega y Gasset
"To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat."
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153 Quotes by Jose Ortega y Gasset
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Today violence is the rhetoric of the period.
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I am myself and what is around me, and if I do not save it, it shall not save me.
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Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.
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Life is fired at us point blank.
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The trend towards pure art betrays not arrogance, as is often thought, but modesty. Art that has rid itself of…
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The heart of man does not tolerate an absence of the excellent and supreme.
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He who wishes to teach us a truth should not tell it to us, but simply suggest it with a…
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Life is a struggle with things to maintain itself among them. Concepts are the strategic plan we form in answer…
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We fall in love when our imagination projects nonexistent perfection upon another person. One day, the fantasy evaporates and with…
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In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero…
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Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.
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If the human intellect functions, it is actually in order to solve the problems which the man's inner destiny sets…
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The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
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I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of…
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A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
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Oprah Winfrey's global influence is unparalleled. Not only has her generosity and firm belief that education is the key to…
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Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or…
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For me, a good thriller must teach me something about the real world. Thrillers like 'Coma,' 'The Hunt for Red…
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To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the…
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I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things…
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Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal…
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A senator will come off Capitol Hill and they'll be barred from two years from lobbying in the Senate. So…
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When people ask me how is it I was a musician, I facetiously say that I'm a firm believer in…
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The first precept in Buddhism is "Do not kill." This precept is not merely a legalistic prohibition, but a realization…
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